I interviewed at Occidental Petroleum (Houston, TX) in May 2013
Interview
I applied through the company website. I was contacted by a recruiter about completing an online assessment over Access 2003 and Excel 2007. The Excel portion involved working with the actual program while the Access portion involved coding.
I passed the initial assessment and was brought in for an in-house assessment over the 2007 versions of both programs. This lasted two hours, and I passed it as well.
I was then asked to come in two weeks later for an interview. I met with two reservoir engineers, another engineering tech, and a woman from HR who went over benefits with me. Since then I have been strung along and not given any idea what the company is doing.
I would not consider the company again in the future as it appears to be nothing more than a waste of time.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Occidental Petroleum (Houston, TX) in May 2015
Interview
Applied online, HR sent Analytical and Excel assessment after 1 week. Both are pretty easy. For Excel test, you can go to YouTube, there is a tutorial video called ProveIt Excel assessment test. About 1 week later, HR called and asked few questions like what do you do, why you want to leave, salary,, benefit etc. Then HR set up an interview with engineering team in another 1 week. I had 2 interview in 1 day because they having 2 engineering team working on same project, both are looking for 2 Eng Tech candidates, it was a panel interview where there were 2 Eng Tech, 3 Eng, 2 Eng lead, and 1 IT. Total 8 divided into 2 group
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. What do you do on your daily basis? What software/program are you using? How do you maintain/manage database? what projects are you working on? Why are you leaving? Why do you want to work here? What are the most challenging thing have you experienced at your previous employer? The rest, they asked base on your resume
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Occidental Petroleum (Houston, TX)
Interview
Applied through company website and was asked to take an online assessment about 3 weeks after application. Analytical and excel assessments were not too difficult. Was called about a month after for a panel style interview and took another in house assessment. Notified I had the job about a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical interview questions - why do you want to work here - long/short term goals.
